So when Katy appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, there was only one question host Jimmy could ask her.

The speculation is hardly surprising, seeing as Taylor’s feisty anthem Bad Blood, which she released in 2015, was said to be about her spectacular rift with Katy after the Roar singer allegedly ‘stole’ Taylor’s backing dancers for her tour the previous year.

So on Saturday night, Fallon carefully asked Taylor: ‘Swish Swish – is that about anybody we know?’

And after an emphasised pause and a slow shutting of the eyes, Katy responded with a raise of the eyebrows: ‘I think it’s a great anthem for people to use whenever somebody’s trying to hold you down or bully you.

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‘That’s kinda what this record is about, it’s just like 360-degree liberation.’

Explaining further, she told Jimmy: ‘Chained to the Rhythm was this political liberation, Bon Appétit was a sexual liberation and now, I think this is kind of, Swish represents the liberation from all the negative that doesn’t serve you.’

Well, she didn’t say it was about Taylor but, then, she also didn’t say it wasn’t…

Taylor was hit with the same line of questioning when she released Bad Blood, but she never mentioned Katy’s name and only described her inspiration behind the track as being a ‘straight-up enemy’.

She explained further how said enemy allegedly tried to ‘sabotage’ her tour by persuading her dancers to join them on tour instead.

Swish Swish - full lyrics

[Refrain]
They know what is what
But they don’t know what is what
They just strut
What the fuck?

[Verse 1: Katy Perry]
A tiger
Don’t lose no sleep
Don’t need opinions
From a shellfish or a sheep
Don’t you come for me
No, not today
You’re calculated
I got your number
‘Cause you’re a joker
And I’m a courtside killer queen
And you will kiss the ring
You best believe

[Pre-Chorus: Katy Perry]
So keep calm, honey, I’ma stick around
For more than a minute, get used to it
Funny my name keeps comin’ outcho mouth
‘Cause I stay winning
Lay ’em up like

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
Swish, swish, bish
Another one in the basket
Can’t touch this
Another one in the casket

[Verse 2: Katy Perry]
Your game is tired
You should retire
You’re ’bout cute as
An old coupon expired
And karma’s not a liar
She keeps receipts

[Pre-Chorus: Katy Perry]
So keep calm, honey, I’ma stick around
For more than a minute, get used to it
Funny my name keeps comin’ outcho mouth
‘Cause I stay winning
Lay ’em up like

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
Swish, swish, bish
Another one in the basket
Can’t touch this
Another one in the casket
Swish, swish, bish
Another one in the basket
Can’t touch this
Another one in the casket

[Refrain]
They know what is what
But they don’t know what is whatKaty Perry
They just know what is whatYoung Money
But they don’t know what is what
They just know what is what
But they don’t know what is what
They just strutHahaha, yo
What the fuck?

[Verse 3: Nicki Minaj]
Pink Ferragamo sliders on deck
Silly rap beefs just get me more checks
My life is a movie, I’m never off set
Me and my amigos (no, not Offset)
Swish swish, aww I got them upset
But my shooters’ll make ’em dance like dubstep
Swish, swish, aww, my haters is obsessed
‘Cause I make M’s, they get much less
Don’t be tryna double back
I already despise you
All that fake love you showin’
Couldn’t even disguise you
Ran? When? Nicki gettin’ tan
Mirror mirror who’s the fairest bitch in all the land?
Damn, man, this bitch is a Stan
Muah, muah, the generous queen will kiss a fan
Ass goodbye, I’ma be riding by
I’ma tell my —– Biggz, yeah that’s tha guy
A star’s a star, da ha da ha
They never thought the swish god would take it this far
Get my pimp cup, this is pimp shit, baby
I only rock with Queens, so I’m makin’ hits with Katy

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
Swish, swish, bish
Another one in the basket
Can’t touch this
Another one in the casket

[Refrain]
They know what is whatDo they know?
But they don’t know what is what
They just know what is what
But they don’t know what is what
They just know what is what
But they don’t know what is what
They just strut
What the…

Meanwhile, one celebrity who isn’t in Katy’s corner is Ruby Rose, who has condemned Katy for writing the rumoured take-down track.

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The Orange Is The New Black star took to social media to criticise the Chained To The Rhythm hitmaker’s new song, which she dubbed a ‘sloppy mess’.

Ruby Rose got her claws out for Katy Perry (Picture: REX/PA)

‘”Purposeful poop” to “bomb a petit” to a sloppy mess of writing over the top of Funkagenda..stop trying to make ‘Wit..I mean “fetch” happen ..

‘I just think with everything going on in the world to go from rebranding as political activist only to ditch it and go low.. is.. a bummer. (sic)’

Katy teamed up with Nicki Minaj on the song and Ruby went on to praise Katy’s collaborator, who she says did the ‘only part that doesn’t sound a mess’.

‘Not gonna lie Nicki is great on it and basically the only part that doesn’t sound a mess (sic),’ the actress said.

Katy previously called for women to ‘come together’ to make the world a ‘better place’.

She said: ‘Honestly, when women come together and they decide to unite, this world is going to be a better place. Period end of story…

‘I think [my new album is] a very empowered record. There is no one thing that’s calling out any one person. One thing to note is: You can’t mistake kindness for weakness and don’t come for me. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. And that’s not to any one person, and don’t quote me that it is, because it’s not. It’s not about that.’

She said: ‘This record is not about anyone else. This record is about me being seen and heard so that I can see and hear everyone else. It’s not even about me! It’s about everything that I see out there that I digest.

‘I think there’s a healing in it for me and vulnerability. If people want to connect and be healed and feel vulnerable and feel empowered and strong, God bless, and here it is.’